Nekias Duncan, the NBA media's rising star and lead writer for the start-up hoops website Basketball News, joins the show to dive into the Eastern Conference Finals. What makes the Miami Heat tick? Why has the Heat's famed "culture" endured through so many eras? Why is Jimmy Butler the perfect Heat star? How many of the adjustments the Celtics made in Game 3 will carry over to the rest of the series?

We also discuss some of the major schematic takeaways from this year's postseason, lament the NBA media's tendency to focus on the drama instead of the basketball, wonder why Mason Plumlee was asked to guard Anthony Davis, and hope for better from our beloved Las Vegas Aces after a terrible WNBA semifinal Game 1 performance.

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